‘Avoid the Remake #3 - ‘Quarantine’
Definitions –
· ‘REC'- a ground-breaking Spanish Horror movie made in the ‘shaky camera'vein.
· ‘Quarantine'– a very good American remake of ‘REC'except for one big problem…
As far as American cinema goes, remakes of foreign language films can be a very lucrative business. You take a good, solid story with plenty of imagination, couple it with a bigger budget, add oodles of CGIs and turn it into a blockbuster. Of course, this can sometimes go horribly wrong and you will simply end up with a super-expensive turkey instead…
However, ‘Quarantine'is by no means a turkey; it is actually very well (re) made film. The only problem is (and it’s a major one) that the (re) makers removed a fundamental part of the story. As a single, one-off movie, this does not matter too much. But if they were planning on doing remakes of ‘REC’s sequels (one of which has already been released whilst two others are in production), then they have effectively shot themselves in the foot! The lesson? ‘Part-of-a-story removal'is just as delicate a procedure as bikini hair removal!
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!! Stop reading now if you have yet to see ‘REC'or ‘Quarantine’!!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!
The whole idea behind ‘REC'was a fusion of science and religion. The ‘virus'actually came from the blood samples of a possessed girl. Perhaps the (re) makers did not deem this to be appropriate viewing for an American audience, but I do not really see why. After all, there are certainly far more controversial and disturbing Horror flicks out there which involve religion in their main theme.
So, if you were hoping to see a trailer for ‘Quarantine 2’, you could be in for a very long wait indeed!
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